Notable Women in Mathematics

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Charlene Morrow, Teri Perl

Klappentext
This volume features substantive biographical essays on 59 women from around the world who have made significant contributions to mathematics from antiquity to the present. Designed for secondary school students and the general public, each profile describes major life events, obstacles faced and overcome, educational and career milestones-including a discussion of mathematical research in non-technical terms-and interests outside of 2 promotics. Although the collection includes historical women, the emphasis is on contemporary mathematicians, many of whom have not been profiled in any previous work. The work also celebrates the contributions of minority women, including 10 African-American, Latina, and Asian mathematicians.

Written by practicing mathematicians, teachers and researchers, these profiles give voice to the variety of pathways into mathematics that women have followed and the diversity of areas in which mathematics can work. Many profiles draw on interviews with the subject, and each includes a short list of suggested reading by and about the mathematician. Most mathematicians profiled stress the value, importance, and enjoyment of collaborative research, contradicting the prevailing notion that doing good mathematics requires isolation. This collection provides not only a substantial number of role models for girls interested in a career in mathematics, but also a unique depiction of a field that can offer a lifetime of challenge and enjoyment.

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Introduction Maria Agnesi Andrea Bertozzi Lenore Blum Sylvia Bozeman Marjorie Lee Browne Leone Burton Fan Chung Ingrid Daubeschies Emilie du Chatelet Etta Falconer Joan Feigenbaum Elizabeth Fennema Herta Taussig Freitag Sophie Germain Evelyn Boyd Granville Mary Gray Gloria Hewitt Grace Hopper Rhonda Hughes Joan Hutchinson Hypatia Nancy Kopell Sofya Kovalevskaya Christine Ladd-Franklin Anneli Lax Gilah Leder Emma Lehmer Ada Lovelace Vivian Malone-Mayes Dusa McDuff Marie-Louise Michelsohn Cathleen Morawetz Emmy Noether Karen Parshall Bernadette Perrin-Riou Harriet Pollatsek Cheryl Praeger Mina Rees Ida Rhodes Julia Robinson Judith Roitman Mary Ellen Rudin Mary Beth Ruskai Cora Sadosky Alice Schafer Doris Schattschneider Charlotte Agnas Scott Marjorie Senechal Lesley Sibner Mary Somerville Pauline Sperry Alicia Boole Stott Olga Taussky-Todd Jean Taylor Chuu-Lian Terng Karen Uhlenbeck Marion Walter Sylvia Wiegand Grace Chisholm Young Appendix I: Mathematicians by Date of Birth Appendix II: Countries of Employment Index

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